School of Jazz and Contemporary Music at The New School

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The School of Jazz and Contemporary Music is renowned across the globe as a center for progressive, innovative artists. Considered the most innovative school of its kind, it offers students an artist-as-mentor approach to learning. The world’s leading contemporary and jazz musicians work with students one-on-one to hone their craft and create groundbreaking music. We encourage students to explore their own talents and reach across disciplines to construct new rhythms, inventive compositions, and original means of expression.

Outside the classroom, New York City becomes a performance hall. Start your professional performance career now through our Gig Office; we have the largest music internship program in New York. You can work with producers, editors, and recording artists of the highest caliber. Students will be immersed not only in the newest music but also in the nuances of how the music industry runs.